By Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today. Days after at least a dozen crosses were forcibly removed from churches, China formally protested a United States report on its lack of religious freedom. Now a proposal has surfaced to ban crosses entirely from the rooftops of churches in Zhejiang, one of China’s most Christian provinces. In March,…
By Kiki Zhao As rain brought by Tropical Storm Matmo poured down around them on Thursday, several dozen Christians, weary after a bloody confrontation with the police earlier in the week, stood guard at Salvation Church in Wenzhou, determined that the authorities would not take down their cross. The standoff at Salvation Church is just…
By Kelly Givens Thousands of Chinese Christians have camped in and around Sanjiang Christian Church in eastern China to prevent it from being demolished under a provincial campaign to curb the spread of Christianity, Charisma News reports. Concerned that Christianity was growing too fast, local officials in the providence of Zhejiang began a campaign in…
By Garrett Haley EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Several churches in southwestern Indiana had been planning to display a collection of artistic crosses in the middle of their town, but a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has now put that plan in jeopardy. West Side Christian Church (WSCC) in Evansville recently announced plans for…